Project RED A500+

[LoadWB]

Dewd..........  :python:

Wot?

[EugeneNine]

If someone were willing to take on mass producing these, and make them available through a normal distribution channel, they could sell these all day long. :idea:

Thats why I ask about the design being open.  If you do that then no one needs to take on the task of trying to mass produce, we can each just upload to a pcb service we prefer.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

we can each just upload to a pcb service we prefer.

Not everyone has a PCB service on speeddial, lol. :laughing:

[EugeneNine]

Not everyone has a PCB service on speeddial, lol. :laughing:

There is this new fangled thing called the internet so we all do.  OSHPArk for example or the one dangerous prototypes uses, or one of the many others.  Its super simple now a days.

[Jeff]

So is this board released as open source, can I download it and make one myself?

I would order a couple myself but I don't think the gerbers were released. Someone did the A2000 PCB recently also, is that private too?

[EugeneNine]

Thats why I'm wondering what is/was released.  I know they schematics have been redrawn a couple times too, but in what format.

I started playing around with redrawing the schematics in KiCAD, so if I ever get finished it wouldn't be much more to make a board.

[Acill]

I first heard about it here on AO:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=71641

Mind you it's a thread pointing to a thread pointing to a thread, but still.



I don't suppose you'd be willing to undertake transplanting components from a donor A500+ board, re-capping as you go, would you?

Thats a lot of parts to transplant and a lot of change to get bad parts. The chips are fine, as are the ports and connectors. the caps and resistors and other things not so much.

I would do it if you sourced all the other stuff as new other than chips, ports and power connectors. I would never reuse a cap or resistor after removing it. Not worth it. I am working with a friend in sweden to get a list of replacement parts for his, he didnt get everything and wanted to source parts on his own.

Also your 3rd in line after Kirk and mine get done, lol!

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Also your 3rd in line after Kirk and mine get done, lol!

When do you sleep? :laughing:

[EugeneNine]

Looks like they might have had an A2000 board as well?

[giZmo350]

Dewd..........  :python:

Wot?

Acill's response is exactly what I meant by "squash that idea" LOL

Thats a lot of parts to transplant and a lot of change to get bad parts. The chips are fine, as are the ports and connectors. the caps and resistors and other things not so much.

I would do it if you sourced all the other stuff as new other than chips, ports and power connectors. I would never reuse a cap or resistor after removing it. Not worth it.

Also your 3rd in line after Kirk and mine get done, lol!

But hey! He's willing to do it!

Geeeeeze! I didn't know it doesn't come with basic components! How many of these did they sell? Is everyone supposed to find donor motherboard? That would be like murdering 250 hamsters (errr, Rock Lobsters) then chucking their little corpses! The horror!!!  :eek:

[LoadWB]

Also your 3rd in line after Kirk and mine get done, lol!

Count me in, then!

[Acill]

Count me in, then!

I've got a donor board with faults in it that I am using to have an idea of how things should go in. Not a lot of diagrams out there for the A500+ and even less complete parts lists.

As far as the numbers sold, I think it was a couple hundred. They gave the option to order a complete kit with all the parts that included adapter boards to build so you can use A600 parts on these as well if you decided to go that way.

Element14 and Digikey have most of the non custom chips in stock. Not the 23 pin connectors or the square DIN PSU connectors though. Once My friend John gets his parts list together I will share it here.

Mike: Sleep? What is that sleep in which you speak of? It sounds amazing!

All: I've been told over at A1K that a chance for the files to be released openly for this is not going to happen. It was intended to be a small project and copyright was questionable on it which prevents any chance of a commercial release. Thats all they will say.

[whiteb]

Not everyone has a PCB service on speeddial, lol. :laughing:

DirtyPCB ?

[kirk_m]

Hell yeah....SHE LIVES!

A big thank you to Acill for his excellent, as usual, work!

[Acill]

That was one BIG project, but a damn blast!!!!!!!! Thanks Kirk for trusting me to get it done. Now I have to build mine soon. I'll need some time off first, lol!!!!

LOTS OF AMAZING PROGRESS AND THE FINAL PICS AND VIDS IN HERE!!!!!

https://goo.gl/photos/d3xfSNepJpZMDGMk6

[kirk_m]

Please send your wife my apologies for taking up all your free time that could have been spent with her, lol!